The Commoner Consort: The Country's Respected Empress

Maya grabs his hand without a second thought and gasps feeling his warm fingers holding her hand softly as if ȧssuring her.

Only then Maya stands from her throne and stands next to him.

Xavier now turns and announces staring at the clerk.

"Since I am involved in this. I will accompany Madam Maya throughout this investigation".

Maya's heart was in a different world running wild. She gazes at him eagerly and gets lost in her fantasy world which even she doesn't know exists.

She follows him slowly as he leads the way slowly. She stands on a Podium and Xavier stands on the one next to her.

The clerk who just announced stands dumbfounded.

'Why are they standing together? Wasn't she just an outsider? Why would they treat a stranger like a family? Didn't they say that the Crown Prince didn't favour his queen? Why would Prince Xavier step in if that's true?'

He gulps feeling a cold shiver in his spine.

'I didn't dig my own grave by humiliating her, did I?'

"Sir?"

A person next to the clerk nudges him subtly.

The clerk snaps out from his thoughts and gasps seeing Maya and Xavier standing in front of him already.

He composes himself and asks "Are you the new Queen Consort brought from a remote nation?"

Maya, instead of answering his question, asks calmly "Was there any Queen Consort before I came to this Realm, Sir?"

The clerk was left speechless.

"...?!"

'Of course, there wasn't any Queen Consort! I just wanted to remind you that you came here recently and shouldn't be too conceited!'

Even though Xavier was feeling down since this morning, he couldn't suppress his smile after hearing Maya's question.

He almost rolled his eyes as he knew where this would go till the clerk realized whom he was messing with.

Maya follows the noise and finds one of the Imperial Judges eyeing the clerk displeased.

Kalki is staring at the particular judge since the clerk opened his mouth to speak.

The clerk calms himself and answers "Of Course not! I beg your mercy for my mistake-"

Maya asks amused by his reaction "How come that can be a mistake? Don't you know your language well? Or… Are you saying that you came unprepared for hearing that involves The Northern Realm?"

"...?!"

The clerk is left speechless.

'Just what's with this girl?! How dare she!'

Robin who was just observing everything outside chuckles. 

'Our Queen is incredible!'

The Imperial Judge who seemed displeased announces "Sir Peterson, you may ask the questions directly. Of course we all know whom you are interrogating".

'Y-Yes, Your Excellency!!"

Peterson grabs his rolled edicts and reads out the first question.

"You were a stranger from a remote nation, Lady. How come you know our language? Seeing how fluent and skilful you are in our language, how can we not ȧssume you are a trained ȧssassin, who was sent to kill the Princes of the Realms?"

Xavier clenches his fist hard hearing his question.

'How dare he!'

Maya answers with a smile as if these questions are interesting to her rather than humiliating.

"I come from a remote nation, Sir. That you are not completely aware of. The nation is called Hindustan. Since you didn't even care to know its name, it's a shame that you wouldn't have known that Hindustan trades with many nations...Even with the nations which are far away from this Four Realms".

Seeing the clerk's face turned ugly, she speaks looking around the people carelessly.

"As for the accusation of being an ȧssassin, I just feel pity. Some people of this nation are so stupid that they think that I am an ȧssassin, just because I speak their language".

The clerk points at her in rage "You! Whom are you calling stupid?!"

Maya shrugs pouting "Those who believed so, sir. Did you too believe that absurdity? "

"...?!" That…

The clerk grits his teeth and looks at the edict before reading the question from the edict loudly.

"A mere commoner girl from a remote- *cough* from a country named Hindustan is skilful in archery and horse riding. That too a Royal horse. Can you explain how you learned these skills when you appeared here a month back?"

Ridicule oozes from Maya's eyes and she asks without masking the disdain in her time "Don't you have a better question than questioning upon my race, Sir? Or is it in your blood to be stupid?"

"Audacious!!"

The clerk bursts into rage and points at her with his shivering hand. He was so mad that his whole body started trembling. He never once was humiliated in the hearing! That too by a little girl!

Maya raises her eyebrows stunned.

'Is he angry? Already? I didn't even start anything!'

Groan!

The clerk is kicked in his leg from behind by someone. The kick wakes him up from his rage.

He sneers in his heart 'You will finally end up with nothing, little girl! I will see how you suffer in that cold prison!'

With that thought, he speaks, clenching his teeth.

"You were spotted next to Prince Xavier when he was attacked and instead of saving him, lady… You just left him to die and won the Contest after killing all of your four accomplices including the one you planted to kill Madam Mary''.

Maya smiles, finally seeing the raging man in front of her satisfied.

Seeing him turning even madder, she broadens her smile and asks "I realize this hearing is just to accuse me and not for the actual investigation".

She asks looking around "Is anyone here to lead this session of accusing to investigating?"

Xavier clears his throat and eyes, Maya, with a gentle smile.

In the next moment, he announces sternly "Sir Peterson will receive his punishment for slandering The Queen Consort of the Northern Realm according to our rules.. Now I request the change of official for further investigations".